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Darin McGrew
I thought folks here might get a kick out of today's User Friendly cartoon (2007/07/26). It certainly made me laugh.
Peter1968
Touché to that one.
lavazza
Very good! That's one acronym I'll immediately remember the original meaning of... unlike PCMCIA
pandy
Wee! I understood that. biggrin.gif
Brian Chandler
QUOTE(lavazza @ Jul 27 2007, 09:05 AM) *

Very good! That's one acronym I'll immediately remember the original meaning of... unlike PCMCIA


The reason PCMCIA is inscrutable is that it's actually in Japanese. Of course the letters are the initial letters of English words, but they are arranged according to Japanese grammar...

Paasonaru Konpyuutaa Memorii Kaado Kokusai Kyoukai ... actually sounds quite natural.
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